Chapter 581: Chapter 337 Possession
Li Shiming made his move, focusing all his Sword Intent and spiritual power within his body at the tip of his Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure, aiming a strike directly at his opponent’s heart.
Since the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator was embraced by the Fake Infant Body, his arms were immobilized and his body couldn’t evade, resulting in Li Shiming’s strike hitting right at the heart.
The sound of a “ding” resonated as the Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure contacted the opponent’s skin.
The Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator’s skin blocked the Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure, not even leaving a scratch on it.
This was no surprise to Li Shiming, for his attack was not a single one but a continuous succession of sword strikes, bombarding a single point with relentless Thunder Sword Intent.
He had thought that this would break through the defense of a Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator, but after attacking over ten times, he stopped.
His life-bound magical treasure, the IBMz15, concluded that it was impossible to breach the opponent’s defense based on the feedback from the attack.
He also saw a mocking look on the face of the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator. Even though the opponent was controlled by the Fake Infant Body, it was still very difficult for him to kill a cultivator of that caliber.
Li Shiming couldn’t even breach the opponent’s defense, and for a moment, he was at a loss for what to do next.
The IBMz15 was analyzing all the tactics that could be used, searching for the best way to fight.
At this moment, the cultivator reacted, a flying sword materialized beside him and shot towards Li Shiming.
Now it was Li Shiming’s turn to wear a mocking expression. Although the flying sword stimulated by a Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator could be considered decent by other cultivators, in Li Shiming’s eyes, it was amateur-level.
In fact, for Golden Core Cultivators who specialized in Body Refinement like the Great Elder, a flying sword magical treasure was not for attacking, but rather as a means of flight.
After all, Sword Escape was one of the faster modes of flight in the Cultivation World; possessing a decent flying sword magical treasure enabled one to execute Sword Escape.
As the flying sword magical treasure shot out, lotuses appeared and vanished under Li Shiming’s feet, causing the weapon to miss its target.
While the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator attempted to redirect the flying sword, which briefly stalled in its flight.
In that instant, a lotus appeared next to the flying sword, and with Li Shiming’s hand pressing on it, the sword vanished.
It was one of Li Shiming’s special abilities to use the server room space to capture the spiritual objects recognized by other cultivators as theirs.
Without knowledge of this special ability, an adversary’s loss could be substantial.
Ordinarily, a cultivator’s flying sword magical treasure is not something that other cultivators can touch easily, due to its high offensiveness. If such a weapon were to be captured, there was a good chance it would harm the captor if the opponent managed to control it.
The space within the server room and the world of the Cultivation World were not the same. The control cultivators had over flying sword magical treasures would be interrupted and they would no longer sense their existence.
Once the flying sword magical treasure was taken into the server room space, it became lifeless.
Any trace of triumph vanished from the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator’s face when his flying sword magical treasure was taken, even though it was not his most important magical treasure. Under the circumstances, it was the only one he could use.
The magical treasures of Body Refining Golden Core cultivators are handheld, like his heavy axe, which, when wielded with both hands, allows someone with the Great Elder’s Body Refinement cultivation to destroy all enemies before him.
However, with his arms bound and unable to shake off the control of the Fake Infant Body, he couldn’t draw forth his heavy axe.
Li Shiming now had a strategy against the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator. He kept a ‘Step by Step Lotus’ under him for protection, anticipating any surprise tactics from the opponent.
He drew the ‘Heavenly Sound Annihilation Dao Zither,’ suspended in front of him by a thread of Divine Thought.
His fingers swept across the strings, and a rendition of ‘Annihilation’ resonated throughout the cave dwelling.
When the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator heard the melody, he immediately realized it was an audio wave attack. A light of intelligence flashed in his eyes; his Body Refining Techniques did more than defend the body. With long-term practice, his resistance to audio wave attacks was also extremely strong.
Just as he was bracing to defend against Li Shiming’s sonic attack, Li Shiming suddenly uttered a ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear.’
The shrill, piercing demonic sound entered his ears and penetrated his spirit. Even though he had withstood it once before, he had no way to counter this kind of mental attack.
The ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’ caused the Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core Cultivator’s prepared defense to fail, letting the music reach his ears, and his gaze began to blur.
In truth, a cultivator of Great Elder Level Body Refining Golden Core should not have succumbed so easily. Without the constraint of the Fake Infant Body, he had many methods to counter audio wave attacks.
As long as the opponent was at Golden Core Stage, with his speed and strength, and without restrictions, he could have dealt with the cultivator playing the zither before it took effect.
Even if he couldn’t defeat the zither-playing cultivator, he could retreat to a distance beyond the reach of the music.
The problem was that he was now bound by the Fake Infant Body, forced to passively listen to the music. More troubling was that Li Shiming’s ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’ had broken through his defenses, plunging him into the illusion created by the zither’s melody.